Today, we have another video from Mark Collard for you. This time it is about listening and reflex skills.
The goal of the exercise is that you learn to listen in a way you might not expect, because in this video, they play Simon says in a very unconventional way. First the participants are told to walk when Mark says ‘WALK’ and to stop walking when he says ‘STOP’. However after a while the words get switched. Now they have to walk when he says ‘STOP’ and the other way around. This is not all, because other command get added to make the game more challenging. First ‘CLAP’ and ‘NAME’ and later ‘JUMP’ and ‘DANCE’ get added. This is fun to do with a large group of people or children. It triggers the mind to think and people will be more observant afterwards.
Enjoy watching!
A very simple energizer which can give a lot of new insights is ‘Clap Clap’. (I love it when it’s more than just an energizer).
The participants stand in a circle. You as the trainer start by making a quarter turn with your body and look at the person which stands left to you. While you are making eye contact with this person you clap in your hands. Ask the other person to clap in his or her hands at the same time. Ask him or her to turn to the person which stands left from him or her and to do the same.
In this way you can make a cycle until everyone has participated.
After this you can do it again and challenge the participants to clap at exactly the same time. This happens best if people make contact with one another.
You can challenge the participants by asking them to do it faster. Or you can ask them to choose between clapping at exactly the same time or not clapping at exactly the same time.
This is always hilarious and can give a lot of insights in making contact, cooperation and focus.
This method promotes:
The instruction:
Time: 1-10 min
Participants: limited to 4 (Adapt the color areas to the size of the group)
Inside and outside
Required materials
3 ropes (length is dependent on the size of the group starting from 5 meter)
Arrangement:
lay down three ropes parallel to each other (space between the ropes has to be at least 1.5 meter)
The space up to rope 1: red
Space from 1-2: white
Space from 2-3: blue
Space after rope 3: orange
How it works:
Say a color and the participants have to try to stand in the area with this color as fast as possible. The last one which tries to stand in it drops out. If you stand in a wrong area you also drop off.
An alternative way: